Re: [NTLK] Infra red (Beam)

From: Eric L. Strobel (fyzycyst_at_comcast.net)
Date: Mon Mar 31 2003 - 13:03:20 PST


on 03/31/03 3:45 PM, Bog Rat at bograt__at_talk21.com wrote:

>
> On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 09:30 pm, Eric L. Strobel wrote:
>
>> on 03/31/03 3:17 PM, Bog Rat at bograt__at_talk21.com wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone have an idea as to the speed of Beaming?
>>
>> Ummm... 2.99792458 x 10^8 m/sec???
>>
>> {HA! I slay me!!}
>>
>>
>
> What's that in MB/second, not the speed of light!
>

OH! Silly me! ;-)

Actually, I don't recall about the IR, but the serial is good for full
AppleTalk speed. Say a real world 100K/sec, IIRC. I wouldn't expect the IR
to be a whole lot different, but I could easily be wrong.

- Eric.

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